Collection Summary
- Creator
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Dot Mendoza
- Title
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Papers of Dot Mendoza
- Date Range
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c.1957-1965
- Collection Number
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MS Acc11.055
- Extent
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0.45 metres (3 boxes)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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National Library of Australia
Introduction
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6222297).
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Dot Mendoza, National Library of Australia, MS Acc11.055, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Finding Aid Source(s)
Please note: This finding aid may comprise or contain descriptive information provided by donors, researchers and/or volunteers.
Item Descriptions
Cross Section, 1957 (File 1) - Box 1
By Mendoza and Peter Sculthorpe/McKellar & Rasdall; "Cotton Pickin' Time", including Adagio and waltz; "Waltz from Deep South"; "Mississippi"; "The People's Palace"; Opening Chorus and Opening Number.
Cross Section, Sep-57 (File 1) - Box 1
By Mendoza; "Something Different"
Cross Section, Jul-57 (File 1) - Box 1
By Mendoza; "It Could Happen in the Movies"
The Three Little Pigs (File 1) - Box 1
By Mendoza; There Lived Three Little Pigs; Building a Fine House; Making His House; Build His House; Got to the Fair Nice and Early.
Awakening (File 1) - Box 1
By Jack Upton?/ Mendoza
Dream Girl (File 1) - Box 1
By ?Mendoza?
Living Alone and Like It (File 1) - Box 1
By ?Mendoza?; Includes assorted sheet music and handwritten lyrics
Joe Davis' Songs they don't sing in school (File 1) - Box 1
Find out what they like (music by Fats Waller), If I can't sell it (music by Alexander Hill), Slow up Papa (music by Joe Davis), My right hand man (music by Alexander Hill), Elevator Papa, Switchboard Mama (music by Jimmie Johnson), My sweet harmony man (music by Joe Davis)
The Coo-ee Girl (File 1) - Box 1
Libretto
Yes, Aunt Amelia! (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza
Surry Hills Melody (File 2) - Box 1
By Alan Cairnes
I Want You for Christmas (File 2) - Box 1
By Godfrey Knox/Godfrey Knox
Three Little Pigs, 18-02-1952 (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza; Text of Three Little Pigs for ABC Radio Youth Education Programme
Tagore 'The Gardener' No. 57 (File 2) - Box 1
Where Do We Go from Here, 1961 (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza; Two scores
Peak Hour Cha Cha, 1961 (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza/McKellar; Copyright 22/11/1961 (two scores)
Grab It While It's Hot, 02-04-1961 (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza; Two scores
Peel Me a Cumquat, 22-11-1961 (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza/?
Art Strip, 11-05-1961 (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza/John McKellar; Two scores
Overture: Hey Diddle Diddle (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza/McKellar; Two scores
That's My Philosophy, 08-06-1962 (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza/?
Tiger Moth, 12-09-1958 (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza/McKellar; Part of Bats (1958)?
Chow Mein (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza/?
Connections (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza/John McKellar
The People's Palace, Jul-57 (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza?/; See also 1/1/1 under Cross Section
Nothing can stop me now (File 2) - Box 1
Peak Hour Cha Cha (File 2) - Box 1
Paper, 1961 (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza/?; Two scores
Bouffant (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza/?
Angel's Lament, 13-01-1958 (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza/McKellar; From Cross Section
It's Been a Good Year, 02-05-1967 (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza/?
Rocks in My Head, 24-07-1958 (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza/McKellar
Blues (File 2) - Box 1
By ?Mendoza
Swine Lake (Lac des Cochons) (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza?
The Hornsby Line, Oct-57 (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza/McKellar
Woolloomooloo, 1957? (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza/McKellar; Two scores
Something Different, 08-09-1957 (File 2) - Box 1
By Mendoza/?
Going Up, 1957 (File 3) - Box 1
By Mendoza/?
West Side (File 3) - Box 1
A View from the Bridge, 1957 (File 3) - Box 1
By Mendoza/McKellar
What's New (File 3) - Box 1
By Mendoza/; Overture and Opening
The World is My Ashtray (File 3) - Box 1
By Mendoza/McKellar
Hard Day (File 3) - Box 1
By Mendoza/ June Collis?
Café Continental (File 3) - Box 1
By Mendoza/?; Kleine Wien, Billy tea, Entr'acte and The circus, Tea, Petit Paris,
Marseillaise- Every Sunday in the Domain (File 3) - Box 1
Cross Section, 1957 (File 3) - Box 1
By Mendoza/Sculthorpe; Opening
What's new (File 3) - Box 1
And This is My Beloved (File 3) - Box 1
By Mendoza
Where Do We Go from Here, 1961 (File 3) - Box 1
Grab It While It's Hot, 1961 (File 3) - Box 1
Hey Diddle Diddle (File 3) - Box 1
By Mendoza/McKellar
At It Again, 1962 (File 4) - Box 1
By Mendoza/?
Transmigration (File 4) - Box 1
By Mendoza/?
The Fragrance Men Love (File 4) - Box 1
By ?Mendoza/?
Bats, 1958 (File 4) - Box 1
By Mendoza/?
North Shore - South Shore, Apr-61 (File 4) - Box 1
By Mendoza/?
Cotton Pickin' Time, Aug-57 (File 4) - Box 1
By Mendoza and Sculthorpe/ McKellar & Rasdall
Woolloomooloo (File 4) - Box 1
Piano
So Near Sophia, 31-05-1962 (File 4) - Box 1
By Mendoza/Ray Taylor
Excuse I (File 4) - Box 1
By ?Mendoza/Barry Humphries; Overture, If I had a talking picture, After entr'acte, Winter wonderland, Advance Australia
You oughta be in pictures, 1934 (File 4) - Box 1
By Dana Suesse/Edward Heyman; Published score
Always Alone (File 4) - Box 1
By Mendoza/William Orr
Always Alone (File 1) - Box 2
By Mendoza/William Orr; All the scores in box 2/packet 1 relate to the musical A Wish is a Dream, October 1962
A Wish is a Dream (File 1) - Box 2
By Mendoza/William Orr
Valda (File 1) - Box 2
By Mendoza/William Orr
Shoes (File 1) - Box 2
By Mendoza/William Orr
Glass Slippers (File 1) - Box 2
By Mendoza/William Orr
A Wish is a Dream (File 1) - Box 2
By Mendoza/William Orr
Moon Beam and Belle of the Ball (File 1) - Box 2
By Mendoza/William Orr
Each Little Button (File 1) - Box 2
By Mendoza/William Orr
Cinderella Ballet (File 1) - Box 2
By Mendoza/William Orr
Invitation to the Ball (File 1) - Box 2
By Mendoza/William Orr
Eat, Eat, Eat (File 1) - Box 2
By Mendoza/William Orr
A Name (File 1) - Box 2
By Mendoza/William Orr
Entr'acte (File 1) - Box 2
By Mendoza
The Excuse Me Waltz (File 1) - Box 2
By Mendoza/William Orr
Cinderella Polka (File 1) - Box 2
By Mendoza/William Orr
Each Little Button (File 1) - Box 2
By Mendoza/William Orr
Related to Royalty (File 1) - Box 2
By Mendoza/William Orr
Wedding Finale (File 1) - Box 2
By Mendoza/William Orr
Mistress Money (File 2) - Box 2
By Mendoza/Eleanor Witcombe & J McKellar; Libretto and script (two copies)
Poster (File 2) - Box 2
Poster for Mistress Money; Text: Meet Mistress money at Phillip Street Theatre, Friday 27th May (50cm x 75cm)
Happy Birthday, 29//4/1959 (File 3) - Box 2
By Mendoza/Mendoza
Entr'acte: Stop Press (File 3) - Box 2
By Mendoza
Woo-lloo-moo-loo, 1957? (File 3) - Box 2
By Mendoza/McKellar
Noel Coward in La Perouse (File 3) - Box 2
Mad about myself' (Song 8)
TV Blues (File 3) - Box 2
By Mendoza
On the Rocks, 04-06-1962 (File 3) - Box 2
By Mendoza
Mississippi, Aug-57 (File 3) - Box 2
By Mendoza/?
The Vatican (File 4) - Box 2
By Mendoza; Several pieces; appears to be a work-in-progress
Sapphires and Sables (File 5) - Box 2
By Peter Yorke; Sheet music
Sapphires and Sables (File 5) - Box 2
By ?Mendoza?; Adaptation?
People's Palace, Jul-57 (File 5) - Box 2
By ?Mendoza?
The Devil in you (File 5) - Box 2
Peak Hour Cha Cha, 1961 (File 5) - Box 2
By Mendoza/McKellar
Noel Coward in La Perouse (File 5) - Box 2
By Mendoza/McKellar; Libretto, script and manuscript score for 'Song 7'
The Sixpence Eater (File 5) - Box 2
By Mendoza/McKellar
Deep South: Cotton Pickin' Time (File 5) - Box 2
By Mendoza??
Angel's Lament, 13-01-1958 (File 5) - Box 2
By Mendoza/McKellar; From Cross Section
Where Do We Go from Here, 1961 (File 5) - Box 2
By Mendoza; See also Box 2 Packet 1
Café Continental (File 5) - Box 2
By Mendoza; Drums; See also Box2 Packet 3
Art Strip, 11-05-1961 (File 5) - Box 2
By Mendoza/McKellar; See also Box 2 Packet 1
Mala Home (File 5) - Box 2
By Mendoza; Includes typescript lyrics for 'I was Bwautiful'
Indonesia (File 5) - Box 2
By Mendoza
Designs upon Her Person, 1956 (File 5) - Box 2
By Mendoza
Your Eyes Say "Yes", 22-11-1961 (File 5) - Box 2
By Mendoza/McKellar
The Multi-Coloured Bush (File 5) - Box 2
By Mendoza/McKellar; Libretto and manuscript score
Canberra Blues, May-05 (File 5) - Box 2
By Mendoza/?
Watch on the Rhine (File 1) - Box 3
By Mendoza/?
Round the Smorgasbord (File 1) - Box 3
By Mendoza/?
What's New (File 1) - Box 3
By Mendoza/?; Finale with drums
The Golden Age (File 1) - Box 3
By Mendoza?
Madam Guillotine (File 1) - Box 3
By Mendoza/?; Finale
The Rook-a-Dook Rag, Oct-56 (File 1) - Box 3
By Mendoza/?Mendoza?
Grab It While It's Hot, 02-04-1961 (File 1) - Box 3
By Mendoza/; For drums
What's New (File 1) - Box 3
By Mendoza/?; For drums
Sleeping Beauty, 06-10-1958 (File 1) - Box 3
By Mendoza/Mendoza
Through a Glass Darkly (File 1) - Box 3
By Mendoza/Gwen Friend; Title on front page of manuscript score is 'Through a Dark Glassly' but subsequent documents have the title 'Through a glass darkly'
Darcy's Day Out, 29-08-1965 (File 1) - Box 3
By Mendoza/Mendoza
Bring Back The Thirties, 10-05-1961 (File 1) - Box 3
Let's Be Wholesome (File 1) - Box 3
By Mendoza/?
Madam Guillotine (File 1) - Box 3
By Mendoza/?
Sunburned Man, 26-09-1959 (File 1) - Box 3
By Mendoza/McKellar
The Coo-ee Girl (File 2) - Box 3
By Mendoza/McKellar; Songs include: Drought; Do I Love You?; Showboat; Back to Kyogle; The Abo and the Digger
Little Old Lady of Palmer Street, 06-08-1957 (File 2) - Box 3
By Mendoza/McKellar; Two scores, one transposed
Back to Bacchus (File 2) - Box 3
By Mendoza/McKellar; Two scores, one transposed
Tiger Moth, 12-09-1958 (File 2) - Box 3
By Mendoza/McKellar; See also: Box 1 Packet 3
Beer and Sympathy, 26-09-1959 (File 2) - Box 3
By Mendoza/McKellar
Of Ming I Sing (File 2) - Box 3
By Mendoza/McKellar
Life Upon the Wicked Stage (File 3) - Box 3
By Mendoza/Mendoza?
April in Fairbanks, 1956? (File 3) - Box 3
By Mendoza/Mendoza?
It Pays to Advertise (File 3) - Box 3
By Mendoza/Mendoza?
Try a Little Tenderness (File 3) - Box 3
By Mendoza/Mendoza?
Piccola Marina (File 3) - Box 3
By Mendoza?; Libretto
Dinner for one please, James, 1935 (File 3) - Box 3
By Michael Carr; Published score
The Hard Way (File 3) - Box 3
You Can't Blame a Girl for Trying, 1945 (File 3) - Box 3
By Bernie Wayne/ Ben Raleigh; Sheet music: sung by Bing Crosby
Two Sleepy People, 1938 (File 3) - Box 3
By Hoagy Carmichael/ F Loesser; Sheet music: sung by Bob Hope
Various commercial songs on sheet music, 1928-19378 (File 3) - Box 3
Isn't it romantic, Thanks for the memory, She's funny that way,
In a Gondola (File 3) - Box 3
By Mendoza/R Browning
I Plucked Your Flower (File 3) - Box 3
By Mendoza/R Tagore; Lyrics are from The Gardener LV11: I Plucked Your Flower by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
Here in the Dark (File 3) - Box 3
By Arthur Young/D Mendoza
I Had a Hard Day (File 3) - Box 3
By ?Mendoza/Mendoza?
I Knew Her When (File 3) - Box 3
By Lance Mulcahy/ Gerry Donovan & L Mulcahy
Life Begins at Forty (File 4) - Box 3
By Fifi Banvnard Productions; Fifi Banvard and Gwenneth Friend
Why Shouldn't It Happen (File 4) - Box 3
By Mendoza
The Smallest Pianist in Captivity, 13-11-1953 (File 4) - Box 3
By Mendoza/Mendoza
Is It Because I'm the End (File 4) - Box 3
Lyrics
I'm So Legit (File 4) - Box 3
By Mendoza/Mendoza?
Moonlight is Silver (File 4) - Box 3
The Last on the Programme (File 4) - Box 3
By Mendoza/Mendoza
A Luxury Flat for Two, Oct-57 (File 4) - Box 3
By Mendoza/McKellar
Renouncement (File 5) - Box 3
By D Jordan ?/Mendoza
Maiden's Prayer, 02-11-1957 (File 5) - Box 3
By ?Mendoza/Mendoza
Municipal Queen, 22-11-1961 (File 5) - Box 3
By Mendoza/?
What the People Want, 24-04-1961 (File 5) - Box 3
By Mendoza/?
Tiger Moth, 12-09-1958 (File 5) - Box 3
By Mendoza/McKellar
Beer and Sympathy, 26-09-1959 (File 5) - Box 3
By Mendoza/McKellar
Little Old Lady , 06-08-1957 (File 5) - Box 3
By Mendoza/McKellar
Through the Looking Glass, Jul-63 (File 5) - Box 3
By Mendoza/?
Unidentified lyricks (File 6) - Box 3
By Mendoza/?; Could relate to Mala Home in box 2/5
Mr Mrs US (File 6) - Box 3
Whistling Doll's Song (File 6) - Box 3
By Dark Enchantment
Bring Back The Thirties, 10-05-1961 (File 6) - Box 3
By Mendoza?/?
The Hornsby Line, Oct-57 (File 6) - Box 3
By Mendoza/McKellar
Munciple [stet] Queen (File 6) - Box 3
Nuts, 20-10-1957 (File 6) - Box 3
By Mendoza; Adaptation by Menoza
It's been a Good Year (File 6) - Box 3
By Mendoza?/Mendoza?
It Wasn't the Scotch, 20-11-1957 (File 6) - Box 3
By Mendoza/McKellar
Peak Hour Cha Cha, 1961 (File 6) - Box 3
By Mendoza/McKellar; Two scores
Old Fashioned Wishing Well, 01-02-1957 (File 6) - Box 3
By Mendoza
The Fragrance Men Love, 02-10-1959 (File 6) - Box 3
By Mendoza/
Connections (File 6) - Box 3
By Mendoza/McKellar
Dream Girl (File 6) - Box 3
By Mendoza?/?
Of Ming I Sing (File 6) - Box 3
By Mendoza/McKellar
The Coo-ee Girl (File 6) - Box 3
By Mendoza/McKellar; Also Corroboree
Red Flag (File 6) - Box 3
By Mendoza/?
Concerto in Jazz, 1947 (File 7) - Box 3
By Donald Phillips; Various published scores